1968 MG Midget

[SiC]

I sliced this bit up to bend downwards to try closing the gap up a bit more. 



I used a set square steel ruler to set the gap. 


Then welded


 
Gap is definitely smaller but tbh it's still larger than the other side. However at least it's now a consistent gap along the edge.

 
Ground back the welds

 
Going to need a skim of filler to finish it off but it's better than it was.


 
Then set to work welding up the holes on the top section. Blew through the panel a few times and had to patch up the holes. Tried my best but I did end up putting a bit too much heat into it.



The tail end is just about acceptable.

 
But I'm really not happy with the door end. Not quite sure what to do here so I'm very welcome to any suggestions. Worse case I could chop it out and redo with a replacement panel. But that feels a bit drastic. 



I've tried bashing it into shape but the lump is pretty tough to bend. Once the primer dries, I'm going to get a straight edge on it to see if it could at least be skimmed with filler. 

[SiC]

I've just attacked it with a flat sanding disc. Pretty sure what's happened here is that I put too much heat through initially welding the panel on and warped it. Then sanded flat but that too much off. I rewelded but that made it lumpy. 

Anyway I've got even bigger problems now

I'll get my copper tongue out and get welding to fill this mess up with fresh welds. 

[SiC]

Redid the left bit which wasn't so bad. Looks lumpy below (which it is) and I can't get much to the back of it to bash it out. But it's below a straight edge, so a skim of filler should sort it.

The right .... well I've made my bed and now I need to sleep in it.


A small patch that hopefully look seamless once finished with filler + paint. At least it's solid. 

[cuntbuster]

Hate to say it SiC. But I'm not sure how you're going to tidy all that up. Keep pressing ahead with this car though. It would be great to see it all pieced back together and returnd to the road.

Do you still have that Dolomite?

[SiC]

Hate to say it SiC. But I'm not sure how you're going to tidy all that up. Keep pressing ahead with this car though. It would be great to see it all pieced back together and returnd to the road.

Thinking about it, the chrome trim sits along this line so I may get away with. Tbh there was a ridge previously where the other panel was "welded" over the top with a lip. Then filler hid that lip. I think this bulge is much shallower than that lip. So filler and the chrome piece will hopefully make it look absolutely fine.

Just annoying as the other side is far better. I must have been too impatient and welded too quickly. That cut bit above is actually almost all on the new panel. Which says to me that I put too much heat through. So it bulged and then when I sanded it flat, it simply thinned that metal too much.

Do you still have that Dolomite?

Yeah. Funnily enough I was looking at buying some NOS wings that have come up recently.

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Let's not talk about how it's been parked here since May last year and that it's £72 per month for it to be sat here.

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[DodgeRover]

Can you fill it with lead once you've sorted out the thin area. Whatever happens it's going to be better than it was! At least the welds are attached now

[Eddie Honda]

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[The Reverend Bluejeans]

Lead is shite. Plastic filler is ideal but that will be a mission to straighten - best left to whoever paints it tbh.

[PhilA]

The factory gaps there are utterly shit and got worse as the tooling wore out. You've made it better than they did new. That gap was just filled heavily and painted.

[SiC]

Still bad but at least it should be fixable with filler now. The chrome strip should also hide anything left. 

Ignore the paint runs.